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Lotto · draw

Friday, 24 August 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 20
  5. 21
  6. 29

Jackpot$5,200,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Jan 2010draw 903 of 1,752 under them

← 2018-08-21All recent draws2018-08-28 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 6 9 20 21 2929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

5123times
6126times
9128times
20119times
21

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 296kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.6Kto 7.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 515 winnerschance said 9.6

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$15.5K
  • Match 438%$18.0K
  • Match 330%$14.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 515≈ 9.6 by chance$1,030
  2. Match 4

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122times
29105times

Every number was expected about that many times after 902 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (6, 9, 20, 29) with the draw of 8 May 2012 — its closest relative in 902 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2018): 6 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6, 20–21. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 3.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
546≈ 442 by chance
$33.00
  • Match 37,069≈ 7.1k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈296k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,069 winners, 0% more than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 515$1,030
    Match 4546$33.00
    Match 37,069$2.00
    Totals7,630—